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If you publish your idea before filing a patent, you will not be able to patent it, because your own publication will be held as prior art.
by mitthrowaway2 3y ago
If you publish your idea before filing a patent, you will not be able to patent it, because your own publication will be held as prior art.
- gweinberg 3y agoLast I checked, you have 18 months after publication to file the patent in the US.
- greensoap 3y ago12 months in the US. And many many foreign jurisdictions will use your publication to block your patent
- AlexandrB 3y agoThough I'm not an expert I find this hard to believe because even actual commercialized prior art seems to be no barrier to patenting something[1]. [1] https://homepages.cwi.nl/~paulk/patents/isnot/node9.html https://homepages.cwi.nl/~paulk/patents/isnot/node9.html
- btrettel 3y agoThe patent application you link to was never actually patented. The USPTO rejected the application and the applicant abandoned it. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20040230959A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20040230959A1/en I'm a former patent examiner, and from that experience, I know that attorneys frequently write things in applications that they think probably won't be allowed. They're testing the limits of what will be allowed.